17.4.1.37 Replication and TRUNCATE TABLE

TRUNCATE TABLE is normally
regarded as a DML statement, and so would be expected to be
logged and replicated using row-based format when the binary
logging mode is ROW or
MIXED. However this caused issues when
logging or replicating, in STATEMENT or
MIXED mode, tables that used transactional
storage engines such as InnoDB when
the transaction isolation level was READ
COMMITTED or READ UNCOMMITTED,
which precludes statement-based logging.

TRUNCATE TABLE is treated for
purposes of logging and replication as DDL rather than DML so
that it can be logged and replicated as a statement. However,
the effects of the statement as applicable to
InnoDB and other transactional
tables on replication slaves still follow the rules described in
Section 13.1.33, “TRUNCATE TABLE Syntax” governing such tables. (Bug
#36763)